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Saturday, January 04, 2014

Resolutions: 2013 graded & 2014 resolved

Alrighty...I found my post from last year about my resolutions, as a reminder, this is what I resolved:- Be able to sing Oh Holy Night in church for Christmas...in Italian- Have my photography studio up and running- Keep going with Isagenix and get to my goal weight- Be able to carry on a conversation with someone in Italian - without Google Translate- Mail my Christmas cards by December 1st- De-clutter every room in our house- Catch up Nathan's Navy scrapbook- 20 pages in Nathan's Navy scrapbook - 20 pages in Miles' scrapbook - Read the entire Book of Mormon - Read one book a month - of my choice. - Keep up with the Sunday School lessons

And how I fared at year end:

- Be able to sing Oh Holy Night in church for Christmas...in Italian - ADone. I almost peed myself from fear, and being 7 months pregnant with a rib-dweller definitely made the long, high notes a bit tougher...but this one felt awesome to accomplish! - Have my photography studio up and running - AMy photography business here in Italy took on a life of it's own this year. Fueled by mini-sessions, it grew rapidly. Our babymoon to Paris (pictures coming, I swear) was almost completely paid for by holiday photo sessions! I got a new logo custom designed and I'm also working on a new, more professional webpage. I can't wait to see where 2014 takes it!- Keep going with Isagenix and get to my goal weight- AI started the year out hard, got to a grand total of 50lbs lost and was losing more...then got the surprise of a lifetime finding out that (shocker!) my uterus & ovaries actually decided to work. Even though I was about 20lbs from my goal weight I'm giving myself an A. I busted by butt this year and I am so proud of the work I did. - Be able to carry on a conversation with someone in Italian - without Google Translate- BThis one depends on the topic...but I'm definitely more equipped to handle random conversations than I was at the end of 2012. My language base grows every week, and I think I'm going to add a few lessons this year and see how far I can really go. (since we'll be here another two years, why not?)- Mail my Christmas cards by December 1st- FFail. Total fail. I never even got cards printed, let alone mailed. I was SO busy with my holiday photo studio it was the furthest thing from my mind. - De-clutter every room in our house- CWe got a lot of the house de-cluttered...out of necessity for finding a spot for baby girl to fit. But I didn't get to everything like I'd wanted. I'll just keep on trucking with this one. - 20 pages in Nathan's Navy scrapbook - FI didn't even do ONE page in any scrapbook this year. Not one. I need to try and fix that. - 20 pages in Miles' scrapbook - FSee above- Read the entire Book of Mormon - DOk, so I read scriptures over the course of the year...but it was mostly according to topic or research for a lesson, etc. I didn't sit down and read the BOM (or bible for that matter) from cover to cover. - Read one book a month - of my choice. - CI sat and thought about this one today...wondering if I actually did it. And some months I can remember exactly what I might have read and others? Not so much. - Keep up with the Sunday School lessons - FThis one just completely fell by the wayside. Keeping up with the Sharing Time lessons each week in addition to the lessons for the primary classes (we have teachers no-show almost every week...we need to be prepared) kept me busy.

Well it seems to me that the ones I did - I did fantastically. And the ones I didn't - well, they just didn't even make it off the ground. But you know what? I'm not going to focus on those that I failed. I had an amazing year. I pushed myself to limits I thought I'd never reach. I started running again, I even managed to get in four official races before I had to stop in July (puking 24/7 really takes the steam out of ya...and by the time the puking stopped I was SO jiggly from my growing appendages it hurt to run). I poured my heart into getting healthy...and it blessed me back 100 fold. Knees felt better, I slept better, I felt comfortable in my own skin...and my stupid reproductive system fixed itself and I got pregnant. I have loved seeing my photo studio really get off the ground. It makes me feel so good when strangers tell me they were referred to me by a former client. I love it when clients make the photos I took their profile pics on FB or their Christmas card picture. I love capturing sweet little faces...because they grow so quickly. My language skills have made our time here easier. I like finally being able to chit chat with people after church or at the market. And as I mentioned before...my 2014 resolutions are simple: spin only the important plates. So here it goes:1- Lead a healthy life, for myself and also as an example to my family2- Try to be a better example of a follower of Christ3- Spend more time doing things to make me & my family happy and spend less time worrying about making others happy

About Me

I am a complex individual. I am bossy and impatient and to make matters worse, I have OCD.
I am married to a WONDERFUL man who loves me for who I am, no matter how crazy I get. I am blessed to be the mother of a stubborn fur cat named Winston and a trouble maker kitty named Mario.
We adopted our sweet baby Miles in May of 2011. Our daughter Amelia surprised us in March 2014, and our son Parley did the same in October 2015.

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